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Kensington Palace
August 31,2002
It was a beautiful day..Perfect for the Queen of Hearts..The press said..."About a hundred Diana fans showed up to pay their respects... And left about 50 bouquet tributes...

Not quite accurate...As always..There were at least 1000 bouquets there..I know because I counted them... And at least that many people...At any one time...I would say...The British Press needs to learn how to count...Perhaps a few calculators are in order here!

Father Frank GelliFormer parish priest at St. Mary's AbbottLeads us all in The Lord's PrayerHe Finished by sayingI hope our presence here sends out a little message to those who maybe would like to have Diana forgotten."He also said..He had to wait until he retired To be able to come there and conduct the service for Diana as he was "not allowed" to by his order... Funny..I thought God says "love ye one another.."I guess the palace and certainly his order...Forgot to read that part...In the BIBLE...

Gill Marsellies and me... Gill and her friend Ruth...Were the first to lay a bouquet at Kp On the night Diana died...And from that one bouquet..A mountain of flowers grew...Gill and Ruth Presented a petition to Tony Blair 3 years ago Demanding Diana's fountain be built...And is on her bench for 3 days each year..Sign in hand...Asking "Where is Diana's Fountain?" This year it reads..."Ditch the Ditch" I agree! I have dreamed...Of sitting with Gill on her bench..And my dream came true...We have been correspondingFor the past 2 years or so..And...It was as if I knew her always...And we both got tears in our eyes When we had to say good-bye...At least for now...

I was interviewed live... On CNN Via satellite phone... Some of my friends heard me speaking... All the way home... CNN wanted to know why I had come there All the way from Florida.... On the anniversary of Diana�s death... I said... I wanted to remember Diana With those who loved her as I did... And to see for myself If what the British Press says every year... Was true... That a few people show up� and that the public is forgetting her... I said... "As you can see from the pictures... There are thousands here.. . And thousands of tributes� And she will never be forgotten..." They wanted to know... What she meant to me... I said, "She taught me� Princess or housewife... We can all make a difference... In someone�s life... We all have something to give... To the world... So do it now... We may only have today... Diana made a difference� I will too�

Julie Cain
Julie recalled the time She met the Princess While living in a mental health refuge."When she arrived, everyone was a bit nervous,and I said to myself:'Oh I'd love a fag.'(cigarette) She heard me and said: Well have one. I told her 'We're not supposed to because you are here' and she said: 'This is your home,not mine,Go on and have one.'"If sombody walked in They would have thought she was an ordinary person". Amanzing woman..Our Diana..What wasn't there to love?

Terry Hutt
Always thereEvery yearFor our Diana...Helping everyonePut up their memorials...And dispensing hugs..Where needed...Along with Julie CainThey spend the first nights...Of the anniversary..
Every yearCamping out at KP...Protecting the toys... And memorials...Left for Diana...

My Diana friends Barbara and Julie..We met through our love for Diana...Two years or so ago..On line..It was as if I knew them always...
They helped make my time in London
So very special..I love them both dearly...

More Diana friends! Julie, Pete and Beth Pete and I finally met in person 2 years ago..On my first trip to London...And again last year in Atlanta...And yet agin this wonderful weekend..Beth and I met for the first time in person..On the 30th..I knew her sweet and loving heart... Long ago...Through our on line friendshipBeth and I shared a room While we were all together The weekend of August 30-September 1st...Again..these people... Made my journey amazing... And one I will never forget...Their love for Diana equals my own..And they mean so much to me...

September 1,2002
Robert Lacy and MeThe "Odd Couple"Author of Princess, Majesty and Monarch...I explained to him...What Diana meant to us...Why we were there...And why we would never forget her..I hope he came to a new understanding...Of Diana's People...We talked for a very long time..And I really liked this man..It was as if we were alone in the crowd..One on one..So somehow...I think he did..I hope so anyway...

One last lookSeptember 04, 2002The afternoon before I left for home...

Looking to the right..

Looking at the middle...

Looking left...

As far as the fence stretched...In the front of Kensington Palace....There were tributes...For our Heroine of Peace...So don't believe all you read...Especially in the British Press...~~Maria~~

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